BSCAH has joined the Food Bank’s “Lost Meals” campaign protesting proposed cuts to SNAP (food stamps). The Senate’s version of the Farm Bill would cut up to 100 million meals for New Yorkers, and the current House version would cut twice that many meals. You can read more here: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130612/NONPROFITS/130619945. You can make a difference and
Last week at Health 360, we learned about the health benefits of drinking tea from Sharon, who runs the Brooklyn-based tea company Kaye Tea (https://www.facebook.com/Kayetea.ny). Sharon told us about how she has been a tea drinker and enthusiast from a young age, and how she finally turned her passion into a successful local business. So
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Last week at Health 360, we learned how to make a healing herbal salve with comfrey and calendula. Anit, who runs a Brooklyn herbal apothecary called Mullein and Sparrow (www.mulleinandsparrow.com), shared her knowledge and showed us how to make this delicious-smelling ointment with just a few ingredients and a couple easy steps. Anit says that
A recent article in the Daily News describes the challenges that the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger is facing in meeting the needs of our community. At the same time that we’ve witnessed a surge in the demand for our pantry services, BSCAH has seen a 40% decline in donations compared with this time last year. With
The Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger was featured in Slate’s show about keeping chickens. You can hear from two of our volunteer chicken keepers, our Americorps VISTA volunteer, and Tamara Dawson, our Director of Programs about what the chickens bring to our organization. Of course they bring fresh, nutritious eggs on a daily basis for our pantry customers, but they also bring other benefits.
Check out Brooklyn Independent Television’s recent episode about the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger: http://blip.tv/neighborhoodbeat/bed-stuy-campaign-against-hunger-neighborhood-beat-bed-stuy-6513468. You can see footage from our pantry, our disaster recovery efforts, and our Urban Farm. You can hear from our youth Green Teens, who turn spoiled vegetables into nutritious soil for our garden. You can hear from our Program Director, Tamara Dawson,
BSCAH was featured in a couple recent articles about the impact that Hurricane Sandy is having on New York food pantries, which you can read here: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121119/NONPROFITS/121119918?template=mobile & http://sandyreport.com/soup-pantries-in-our-area-need-help/. As Executive Director Dr. Melony Samuels attested, the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger has seen a much higher demand for our services since the storm hit, but has not seen a
The Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger was highlighted in a recent News 12 report for our work in addressing the heightened need for emergency food services during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. You can watch the video here: http://www.news12.com/articleDetail.jsp?articleId=341933&position=1&news_type=news.
The nurse from BedStuy Campaign Against Hunger’s Health 360 program, Nurse Amria Watson, will be on the Chew Nov 5th at 1pm. More details to come shortly…
Help BSCAH win $1,000 from Popular Community Bank’s annual Make a Difference Day Challenge!! http://www.facebook.com/PopularCommunityBank/app_193201394086122 Nominate us by posting a comment on Popular Community Bank’s Facebook wall about your thoughts about the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger and/or how you support our organization. http://www.facebook.com/PopularCommunityBank DEADLINE TO POST IS OCTOBER 19TH!!! Please support BSCAH today!!